SMIL

Jan 6, 2005 · 1 min read ·

Investigated the W3C SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Interchange Language) . Goal was to see what SMIL is and how it can be used in the KeyWorX multi-user environment.

(from http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo)
The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile") enables simple authoring of interactive audiovisual presentations. SMIL is typically used for "rich media"/multimedia presentations which integrate streaming audio and video with images, text or any other media type. SMIL is an easy-to-learn HTML-like language, and many SMIL presentations are written using a simple text-editor.

Tutorials

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/05/29/smil.html – good starting point, create your first SMIL presentation in 21 minutes!
http://www.helio.org/products/smil/tutorial/toc.html – good
http://www.cwi.nl/~media/SMIL/Tutorial/SMILTut.html – slides
do a Google search on SMIL tutorial